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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Geoff Volter on December 23, 2009, 03:58:14 PM
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I hit the cape recently with a couple of mates. It was a great day on the water.
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Got this GT, bloody heavy and plenty of condition. 3rd cast on a school of fusiliers, near a rock patch. Didn't get a girth measure, but he went 125.
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It ate a fullscale kong 200. Actually ate is an understatement, it murdered it. Gotta love the hit from a GT.
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My mate is playing with the camera and wanted to try some new angles. I like them, what do you guys think? We wanted him to revive and get backing to killing fusiliers, there are too many of them... ;D
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The day was too good weatherwise, and we could see a storm brewing and headed home.
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Nice GT! The Brisbanites will be drooling over this ;D Love the pics of the cape. Was that 125cm total length?
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Hi Jay, my casting deck is 120cm long and there was a bit hanging over so we said 125 to be safe. I was too stuffed and buzzing to care too much ;D
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great fish, awesome report, bloody awesome conditions!
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Great catch - only a matter of time before you crack bigger!
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truly awesome.
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Hey Voltzy!
Looks like you've pushed the size limit up on poor ole Hambone!
Terrific fish mate. He's in top nick!
I gotta say though, it seems you & Tony are more conflicted than ever...Sage caps & stickers/Minn Kota lekky/orange reef fishing gloves.....looks like popping is more than just a side kick for you pair now!
Crap........I hear Darcy crying again.....night duty calls!
Aaron.
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Hey Voltzy!
Looks like you've pushed the size limit up on poor ole Hambone!
Terrific fish mate. He's in top nick!
I gotta say though, it seems you & Tony are more conflicted than ever...Sage caps & stickers/Minn Kota lekky/orange reef fishing gloves.....looks like popping is more than just a side kick for you pair now!
Crap........I hear Darcy crying again.....night duty calls!
Aaron.
Thanks mate, Poor old Hambone could hardly lift it into the boat. Next mission is a big one on fly...... but only after we've had our fill on poppers. If that ever happens ;D
Funny thing about the gloves, I never got round to buying a pair and had been borrowing mates gloves on trips. But this trip I forgot to line up a pair so took out the reefo gloves and a pair of leather gardening gloves :P The gardening gloves would have looked horrid in the pics. ;D
How is darcy and fatherhood mate?
Voltz
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Great fish Voltz, caught in the backyard too :D
Don't worry about the non matching gloves and hat etc, at least you are using the right lures ;D ;D